Japan's greenhouse gas emissions fall for 3rd straight year- Nikkei Asian Review
Published on by Yoshimi Yoshida, Environmental Consultant at Yoshimi Yoshida Environmental Nutrition Consulting Service
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The fall in greenhouse gas emissions was mainly attributable to the increased use of solar and wind energy resources, with renewables growing about 50 percent from the previous year.
Emissions of hydrofluorocarbons, commonly used as a coolant in air conditioners and refrigerators and which have a large greenhouse warming effect, increased however, the ministry said, adding that HFCs are not fully recovered when the appliances are disposed of, causing the leftover gas to be released into the atmosphere.
After the idling of most of its nuclear power plants following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011, the country's greenhouse gas emissions rose due to the increased use of thermal coal power generation but peaked in fiscal 2014.
However, Japan has announced plans to build approximately 40 new thermal coal power plants in future, a decision that has drawn criticism from environmental groups due to the impact it will have on the country's total greenhouse emissions.
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